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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 889 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 

of the centennial of the establishment of Mother’s Day. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 5, 2011 

Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. 

WHITEHOUSE, and Ms. STABENOW) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 

in commemoration of the centennial of the establishment 

of Mother’s Day. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mother’s Day Centen5 nial Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds as follows: 


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1 (1) Anna Jarvis, who is considered to be the 

2 founder of the modern Mother’s Day, was born in 

3 Webster, West Virginia, on May 1, 1864. 

4 (2) A resident of Grafton, West Virginia, Anna 

5 Jarvis dedicated much of her adult life to honoring 

6 her mother, Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis, who passed 

7 on May 9, 1905. 

8 (3) In 1908, the Andrews Methodist Episcopal 

9 Church of Grafton, West Virginia, officially pro10 claimed the third anniversary of Ann Maria Reeves 

11 Jarvis’ death to be Mother’s Day. 

12 (4) In 1910, West Virginia Governor, William 

13 Glasscock, issued the first Mother’s Day Proclama14 tion encouraging all West Virginians to attend 

15 church and wear white carnations. 

16 (5) On May 8, 1914, the Sixty-Third Congress 

17 approved H.J. Res. 263, designating the second 

18 Sunday in May to be observed as Mother’s Day, and 

19 encouraging all Americans to display the American 

20 flag at their homes as a public expression of the love 

21 and reverence for the mothers of our Nation. 

22 (6) On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wil23 son issued a Presidential Proclamation directing 

24 government officials to display the American flag on 

25 all government buildings and inviting the American 


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1 people to display the flag at their homes on the sec2 ond Sunday of May as a public expression of the 

3 love and reverence for the mothers of our Nation. 

4 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

5 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas6 ury (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

7 shall mint and issue not more than 400,000 $1 coins, each 

8 of which shall— 

9 (1) weigh 26.73 grams; 

10 (2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 

11 (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent 

12 copper. 

13 (b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this 

14 Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of 

15 title 31, United States Code. 

16 (c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section 

17 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted 

18 under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 

19 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

20 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—The design of the 

21 coins minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

22 100th anniversary of President Wilson’s proclamation des23 ignating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day. 

24 (b) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each coin 

25 minted under this Act, there shall be— 


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1 (1) a designation of the value of the coin; 

2 (2) an inscription of the year ‘‘2014’’; and 

3 (3) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In 

4 God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’, and 

5 ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

6 (c) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted 

7 under this Act shall be— 

8 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

9 with the Commission of Fine Arts; and 

10 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

11 Committee established under section 5135 of title 

12 31, United States Code. 

13 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

14 (a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this 

15 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

16 (b) COMMENCEMENT OF ISSUANCE.—The Secretary 

17 may issue coins minted under this Act beginning on Janu18 ary 1, 2014, except that the Secretary may initiate sales 

19 of such coins before such date. 

20 (c) TERMINATION OF MINTING AUTHORITY.—No 

21 coins shall be minted under this Act after December 31, 

22 2014. 

23 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

24 (a) SALE PRICE.—Notwithstanding any other provi25 sion of law, the coins minted under this Act shall be sold 


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1 by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum of the face 

2 value of the coins, the surcharge required under section 

3 7(a) for the coins, and the cost of designing and issuing 

4 such coins (including labor, materials, dies, use of machin5 ery, overhead expenses, and marketing). 

6 (b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk 

7 sales of the coins minted under this Act at a reasonable 

8 discount. 

9 (c) PREPAID ORDERS AT A DISCOUNT.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept 

11 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

12 before the issuance of such coins. 

13 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre14 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea15 sonable discount. 

16 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

17 (a) SURCHARGE REQUIRED.—All sales of coins mint18 ed under this Act shall include a surcharge of $10 per 

19 coin. 

20 (b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f) of 

21 title 31, United States Code, all surcharges which are re22 ceived by the Secretary from the sale of coins minted 

23 under this Act shall be promptly paid by the Secretary 

24 as follows: 


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(1) 1 1 ⁄2 to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, for 

2 the purpose of furthering research funded by the or3 ganization. 

(2) 1 4 ⁄2 to the National Osteoporosis Founda5 tion, for the purpose of furthering research funded 

6 by the Foundation. 

7 (c) AUDITS.—The Susan G. Komen for the Cure and 

8 the National Osteoporosis Foundation shall be subject to 

9 the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, 

10 United States Code, with regard to the amounts received 

11 by the respective organizations under subsection (b). 

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